The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-08

What eho PreGe - ~ Cee..sy
Ahous shsrmss's sDrsngasea 1e8-
Richmond (va) State; Sherman >
The arch South-hater Of his time
Chicago Nevs; For. President n 1855
John sherman of Ohio Platform; -
and my mouth against any two
Alexandra (va-) Gasette; His hope
Of support from the South having been
dissipsted. his sole reliance = nov
upon the North
Chicago Tribune: John sherman y >
great man. but his Presidential boom
appears 70 be frozen hard enough %
skate on already.
Petersburg (va) Indez-Appeal' The
further John Sherman gets away from
| the South the more his speeches seem
| 10 be dominated BY the spirit Of M'ss
| Liza Pinkston.
Indianapolis EeDs: There II much
that is old and little that j. new In ne
speech. His aim Is 10 convince ms
party that he Is the man who should %
its next National nominee.
Chicago Herald: John Sherman ought
10 be ashamed 70 make speech like
that At Springfield to people who are IN
the habit Of thinking with their headA
He Is two far West, evidently.
Fort Worth (Tex.) Gazette: While
Il must be conceded that Mr.. Sherman
Is an able man. and that his speech %
skillfully constructed. even his own
party will realize that it Is antiquated-
Nashville (Tenn.) Bdnner' With
all his acknowledged ability as :
statesman, he is weak and small
enough Is q politician TO pander TO the
, lowest prejudice TO boost himself into
| the Presidency.
| New York Herald: Senator Shers
! | mans great speech in Springfield. Ill.
4 will probably prove 70 be the banana
! peel Of his political career The
! future will be accomplished in three
/ movements slip Up. . slip down
/ and slip out
y Savannah (Ga) Nes0s: When Sem
4 ator Sherman was in the South. .
r short time ago. he softly cooed: The
Y war Is over" In Illinois he loudly
Il roared: The Confederate idea u
= still alive, and Is about TO destroy
a our institutions"
n Washington Capital: The John
er Sherman boom has evidently received
10 4 terrible setback from that speech q
xe his at Springfield. Ill Republicans
IN who had never talked that way oefor'
ID are beginning to say they would .
= soon nominate Brother Blaine.
g St. Louis Post Dispatch: The at
az tempt to elect Hancock in 1880 on tn
IL cry that Tilden was counted out q
he fraud in 1876 did win Mr.. Sherman
bic attempt to elect himself on the CT!
al that Blaine was robbed Of the Pres
he dency in 1884 Is similarly illogical
he That tow-line does not reach him.
en1 New York World: The s. Loui
i've Post Dispatch says: 1T Is charitabl
ty, 70 suppose that John Sherman u II
ion sane" Oh, no. There Is great metho
at in Johns feigned madness. He
'er. somewhat crazy to Be. President D
an his mind is in most respects - clear
ex- q bell. He is simply misguided
Of Washington Post: The Jesutitic
OPP John may as well be reminded th
hn- no man can be elected President
his the United States in this era Of g..
Bit feeling who lends himself TO q
sral mischievous business Of stirring
cry strife. and who alludes to the Dem
'hia cratic party - ''the left wing q
I'M Confederacy."
the Binghamton On. ~ Leader: Jol
ress Sherman has quite badly broken
his presidential boom BY such comic
les efforts to hit upon the right way
eve mrn his sails In the South he was
him glad that perpetual feeling Of uni
At existed between the North and Sou
nee. and all went for harmony until
men carried his boom over into lllint
'tful when he found his friends there !
on's determined that the only issue U
ex- could make to warm up the PEG
the would be to unfold the old disuni
The dag. 90 ne foated the bloody 81
= 70 with 4 vengance, and the heel
utfle cheercd to the echo. bus he finds
by press 81 the North a well - the So
usti. criticising his double position. and
and precating the revival Of war iss'
his Sherman is therefore sad and his %
that Is already whitening up Poor JOIN